diff --git a/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md b/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md
index 94fa27438..b5a280640 100644
--- a/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md
+++ b/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
 - [ ] confirm_product_instance
 - [ ] copy_fpga_image
 - [X] copy_image
-- [ ] copy_snapshot
+- [X] copy_snapshot
 - [X] create_customer_gateway
 - [ ] create_default_subnet
 - [ ] create_default_vpc
diff --git a/moto/ec2/models.py b/moto/ec2/models.py
index c94752ef6..31bfb4839 100755
--- a/moto/ec2/models.py
+++ b/moto/ec2/models.py
@@ -1971,6 +1971,15 @@ class EBSBackend(object):
             matches = generic_filter(filters, matches)
         return matches
 
+    def copy_snapshot(self, source_snapshot_id, source_region, description=None):
+        source_snapshot = ec2_backends[source_region].describe_snapshots(
+            snapshot_ids=[source_snapshot_id])[0]
+        snapshot_id = random_snapshot_id()
+        snapshot = Snapshot(self, snapshot_id, volume=source_snapshot.volume,
+            description=description, encrypted=source_snapshot.encrypted)
+        self.snapshots[snapshot_id] = snapshot
+        return snapshot
+
     def get_snapshot(self, snapshot_id):
         snapshot = self.snapshots.get(snapshot_id, None)
         if not snapshot:
diff --git a/moto/ec2/responses/elastic_block_store.py b/moto/ec2/responses/elastic_block_store.py
index cdc5b18e9..aa0d7f73b 100644
--- a/moto/ec2/responses/elastic_block_store.py
+++ b/moto/ec2/responses/elastic_block_store.py
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ class ElasticBlockStore(BaseResponse):
             return template.render(attachment=attachment)
 
     def copy_snapshot(self):
+        source_snapshot_id = self._get_param('SourceSnapshotId')
+        source_region = self._get_param('SourceRegion')
+        description = self._get_param('Description')
         if self.is_not_dryrun('CopySnapshot'):
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                'ElasticBlockStore.copy_snapshot is not yet implemented')
+            snapshot = self.ec2_backend.copy_snapshot(
+                source_snapshot_id, source_region, description)
+            template = self.response_template(COPY_SNAPSHOT_RESPONSE)
+            return template.render(snapshot=snapshot)
 
     def create_snapshot(self):
         volume_id = self._get_param('VolumeId')
@@ -248,6 +253,11 @@ CREATE_SNAPSHOT_RESPONSE = """<CreateSnapshotResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaw
   </tagSet>
 </CreateSnapshotResponse>"""
 
+COPY_SNAPSHOT_RESPONSE = """<CopySnapshotResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
+  <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
+  <snapshotId>{{ snapshot.id }}</snapshotId>
+</CopySnapshotResponse>"""
+
 DESCRIBE_SNAPSHOTS_RESPONSE = """<DescribeSnapshotsResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-10-15/">
    <requestId>59dbff89-35bd-4eac-99ed-be587EXAMPLE</requestId>
    <snapshotSet>
diff --git a/tests/test_ec2/test_elastic_block_store.py b/tests/test_ec2/test_elastic_block_store.py
index 95d410052..32ce1be22 100644
--- a/tests/test_ec2/test_elastic_block_store.py
+++ b/tests/test_ec2/test_elastic_block_store.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from nose.tools import assert_raises
 from moto.ec2 import ec2_backends
 import boto
 import boto3
+from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from boto.exception import EC2ResponseError
 import sure  # noqa
 
@@ -587,6 +588,59 @@ def test_volume_tag_escaping():
     dict(snaps[0].tags).should.equal({'key': '</closed>'})
 
 
+@mock_ec2
+def test_copy_snapshot():
+    ec2_client = boto3.client('ec2', region_name='eu-west-1')
+    dest_ec2_client = boto3.client('ec2', region_name='eu-west-2')
+
+    volume_response = ec2_client.create_volume(
+        AvailabilityZone='eu-west-1a', Size=10
+    )
+
+    create_snapshot_response = ec2_client.create_snapshot(
+        VolumeId=volume_response['VolumeId']
+    )
+    
+    copy_snapshot_response = dest_ec2_client.copy_snapshot(
+        SourceSnapshotId=create_snapshot_response['SnapshotId'],
+        SourceRegion="eu-west-1"
+    )
+    
+    ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2', region_name='eu-west-1')
+    dest_ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2', region_name='eu-west-2')
+    
+    source = ec2.Snapshot(create_snapshot_response['SnapshotId'])
+    dest = dest_ec2.Snapshot(copy_snapshot_response['SnapshotId'])
+    
+    attribs = ['data_encryption_key_id', 'encrypted',
+                'kms_key_id', 'owner_alias', 'owner_id', 'progress',
+                'start_time', 'state', 'state_message',
+                'tags', 'volume_id', 'volume_size']
+    
+    for attrib in attribs:
+        getattr(source, attrib).should.equal(getattr(dest, attrib))
+    
+    # Copy from non-existent source ID.
+    with assert_raises(ClientError) as cm:
+        create_snapshot_error = ec2_client.create_snapshot(
+            VolumeId='vol-abcd1234'
+        )
+    cm.exception.response['Error']['Code'].should.equal('InvalidVolume.NotFound')
+    cm.exception.response['Error']['Message'].should.equal("The volume 'vol-abcd1234' does not exist.")
+    cm.exception.response['ResponseMetadata']['RequestId'].should_not.be.none
+    cm.exception.response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'].should.equal(400)
+
+    # Copy from non-existent source region.
+    with assert_raises(ClientError) as cm:
+        copy_snapshot_response = dest_ec2_client.copy_snapshot(
+            SourceSnapshotId=create_snapshot_response['SnapshotId'],
+            SourceRegion="eu-west-2"
+        )
+    cm.exception.response['Error']['Code'].should.equal('InvalidSnapshot.NotFound')
+    cm.exception.response['Error']['Message'].should.be.none
+    cm.exception.response['ResponseMetadata']['RequestId'].should_not.be.none
+    cm.exception.response['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'].should.equal(400)
+
 @mock_ec2
 def test_search_for_many_snapshots():
     ec2_client = boto3.client('ec2', region_name='eu-west-1')